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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by skierscott on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @11:26AM (#10745278)
> And yet every time I try to get Matlab users to use something else (Python or Julia) the one thing they almost immediately complain about is the lack of a GUI IDE as good as the Matlab one.

Spyder offers a similar environment. It has a variable explorer, script editor, console, etc all in one window (which I think is what matlab users are looking for).

Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by MagnumOpus on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @12:29PM (#10745759)
It's not just that - it is also the extremely extensive and comprehensive documentation of every function (integrated in the GUI), and the powerful profiler (integrated in the GUI), and the charting (integrated in the GUI)...